Officers were called to a wooded area behind the Ollie's Discount Store in the 8100 block of Ritchie Highway in Pasadena at 2:47 p.m. Monday. A person told police he was walking into the wood line when he discovered what appeared to be a human skull.

Delivery man Alan Watson described the scene after the discovery was made.

"There were about half a dozen, maybe eight police law enforcement vehicles along the side of the road on the right, and one was a CSI unit, and a bunch of unmarked cop cars," Watson said.

Members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s homicide unit and criminal investigation division, along with volunteers using cadaver dogs from the Chesapeake Search Dogs and the Mason Dixon Search and Rescue Dogs Inc., formed a search team to find additional human remains.

After an extensive search, a body was recovered from a wooded area, police said.

Authorities said they are now tasked with identifying the person and finding out whether they were killed.

"We're going to be working close with the Medical Examiner's Office to determine race and gender. Right now, it's just an unidentified person and ultimately, they will determine the final cause and manner of death, and that may take some time," Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said.

Police said they are also looking into a number of missing person's cases to assist with the identification process.

"(We will) look through previous cases of missing persons in the database for any information, work with other law enforcement agencies that may have missing persons cases and pursue every avenue," Mulcahy said.

Merchants in the area told WBAL-TV 11 News that the wooded area is a popular hangout for the homeless and teens at night.

In spite of that people, like Watson, said it doesn't make him feel unsafe.